friday/30

“Run Boy Run.” Film about an 8-year-old orphan struggling for survival in the Polish countryside during the Holocaust. Part of Berlin & Beyond Film Festival. At Castro Theatre, 429 Castro St., S.F. 10 a.m. $13. www.castrotheatre.com Also Feb. 3 at Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 7 p.m. $12. www.marinjcc.org

tuesday/3

“Havana Curveball.” Documentary about local youth’s bar mitzvah project to send baseball equipment to Cuba. Followed by Q&A. At New Parkway Theater, 474 24th St., Oakland. 7 p.m. $10. Also Feb. 8-12 at Vogue Theater, 3920 Sacramento St., S.F. $8-$10.50. www.havanacurveball.info

tuesday/10

“Waste Land.” Documentary about artist-photographer Vik Muniz’s collaboration with Brazilian pickers of recyclable materials at the world’s largest landfill. At Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St., Oakland. 7 p.m. Free. www.oaklandsinai.org

thursday/12

“To Be or Not to Be.” Screening of 1942 screwball comedy about a theater troupe that lends its talents to the Polish resistance on the eve of the German invasion. At Jewish Community Library, 1835 Ellis St., S.F. 7 p.m. Free. www.jewishcommunitylibrary.org

 

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